Latvian

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Etymology

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From the stem of telefons (q.v.), made into a second-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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telefonēt (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present telefonēju, telefonē, telefonē, past telefonēju)

  1. to phone, to call by phone
    telefonēt, ka apspriede atliktato phone (= to tell by phone) that the meeting (was) postponed
    es jau biju sataisījies iziet, ja telefonētu minūti vēlāk, manis mājās vairs nebūtuI was ready to leave, if (he) had called a minute later, I wouldn't have been home anymore

Conjugation

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